That's How I Don't Love You

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I used to wake up early
Just so I could watch you as you sleep
That's how I love you
Forever was a promise
That wasn't very hard for me to keep
That's how I love you
Pour habits in the carnal sin
Has left me in a crooked state of mind
That's how I love you
Now I just pour the poison in
And act like it's my new best friend at night
And I cry
And that's how I don't love you anymore
Ain't no sense in yell'n
Ain't no use in dwell'n on the past
That's how I love you
An sit'n here miss'n you
A waste of time and life goes by to fast
That's how I love you
Pour habits in the carnal sin
Has left me in a crooked state of mind
That's how I love you
Now I just pour the poison in
And act like it's my new best friend at night
And I cry
And that's how I don't love you
I used to wake up early
Just so I could watch you as you sleep
That's how I love you

There's no one who could ever
love me like you love me
I remember how it used to be
There was no stronger love
And now I can't believe,
I was only too blind to see
That your love was inside of me
And now I don't have anything at all
Every night I think, as time just passes by
How I lived your love and how you made me cry
Now that I find I don't know what to do
My life is so empty, so empty alone without you
Without you, without you
I don't know what to do without you boy
Without you,
My love is in your hands
There's nothing left to live for
There's nothing left to do, without you
Every night that I sleep, I sleep with a fantasy
That you're here, it's just you and me
Like it always was
But then I'm left to see that it was only a memory
And what's left is for me to be
Alone without your love

I smell the fragrance of your hair
Feel your fingers and your breath on my skin
When we're here alone like this
A crazy world makes perfect sense
I hear you whisperin' my name
Your kisses leave the sweetest taste, on my lips
When you say, "I love you too"
Soft and tender like you do
I know all my dreams have come true
Then I wake up
On the floor, beside our bed
Where I sleep
Ever since the night you left me alone
In this old house
Days go by, but I'm still in love
With who we used to be
Now you're just a precious memory
I can count on every night to hold me tight
Then I wake up
I lay here while the truth sinks in
I'm still alone you're still not here
And we're still through
I remember our last night
Every word right up to goodbye
Slowly I drift off again
I'm saying words I wish I'd said
That night, to you
And you don't drive off in your car
And I don't have a broken heart
And you can't wait to be in my arms
Then I wake up
On the floor, beside our bed
Where I sleep
Ever since the night you left me alone
In this old house
Days go by, but I'm still in love
With who we used to be
Now you're just a precious memory
I can count on every night to hold me tight
Then I wake up
I'm still in love
With who we used to be
Now you're just a precious memory
I can count on every night to hold me tight
Then I wake up
On the floor, beside our bed
Where I sleep
Ever since the night you left me alone
In this old house

Open up your box of sunshine
And smile as confetti comes raining down on you
You feel a lot like the good guy, but do you know why
Everything's so blue
Well, love is fire and the coals are barely burning
Cold fills the emptiness that fills this empty place
I taught you the walk but then you ran away from me
And that's not how it's supposed to be
I I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind
I know there's something else it's supposed to be
I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind
Something's killing me!
Tearful confessions have watered down and broken down
The chance for unrequited love to finally reach its wall
You're waiting for the axe to fall
Can't you see it lying on the ground
You could be the best one at cleaning up this mess
Be the best one, be the best one, be the best one

Last Night
I lost the best friend I ever had
Last Night
I lost the best friend I ever had
You know she gone, she gone and left me
That made me feel, feel so bad
Now it's early in the morning
And my love is comin' down for you
Early in the morning
And my love is comin' down for you
I want you to tell me, tell me, tell me baby, now
What in the world are we gonna do
If she don't come back
I don't know what I'm gonna just do
If she don't never come back
I don't know what in the world I'm gonna do
æ ause she's gone and left me
Left me to see the whole night through

by Nanci Griffith, James Hooker
When I wake in the night
And find that I'm dreaming
You're the first thought in mind
Love's a fair-weather friend when you're lonely
You are my summer state of mind
Chorus:
Does it sing to you nightly?
Does it lay down beside you?
Does it make you hear songs on the radio?
It once was my shadow, grown weary of travel
Til you gave it home
What makes the love grow
When the seasons change?
What makes the love grow?
It's simple it comes and it grows on its own